Words of love and support flooded King’s comments on the post. Academy Award-nominated director Ava DuVernay shared a quote by Roisin Kelly that read: “I’ll choose for myself next time who I’ll reach out and take as mine, in the way I might stand at a fruit stall having decided to ignore the apples, the mangoes and the kiwis. But hold my hands above a pile of oranges as if to warm my skin before a fire.”

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Recent Critics Choice Award-winnwe Niecy Nash-Betts also wrote words of comfort penning, “My friend. I think of you often. I always pray for your strength & peace in the midst of loss and grief. I love you.”

The Root continues to send our support, thoughts, and prayers to Regina and all those who knew and loved Ian.